EPSG data reviewing in progress [was Re: libgeotiff_1.2.3-1_i386.changes REJECTED]
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 10:14:35AM +0000, Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> Hi Maintainer,
>
> i dont think the EPSG tables license is free, so the dataset cant go into
> Debian main. Its a "dont modify, non-commercial only" license and a simple
> conversion into a different format doesnt change the license of the dataset
> used.
>
Thanks to Frank Warmerdam and OSGEO, EPSG folks is now available
to revise the licensing terms of their data. A preview of a new
license is currently available on
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/RevisedEPSGLicense
and a discussion about the terms of the license in order to have
those data if possible embedded in a program for main is viable.
CONTEXT: EPSG data are geodetic parameters, largerly used for GIS apps.
Current terms are
http://www.epsg.org/CurrentDB.html#use
libgeotiff copyright file is as follows:
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License:
All the source code in this toolkit are either in the public domain, or under
an X style license. In any event it is all considered to be free to use
for any purpose (including commercial software). No credit is required
though some of the code requires that the specific source code modules
retain their existing copyright statements. The CSV files, and other tables
derived from the EPSG coordinate system database are also free to use. In
particular, no part of this code is "copyleft", nor does it imply any
requirement for users to disclose this or their own source code.
All components not carrying their own copyright message, but distributed
with libgeotiff should be considered to be under the same license as
Niles' code.
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Code by Frank Warmerdam has this copyright notice (directly copied from
X Consortium licence):
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Code by Niles Ritter is under this licence:
* Written By: Niles D. Ritter.
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The EPSG Tables (from which the CSV files, and .inc files are derived)
carried this statement on use of the data (from the EPSG web
site at url http://www.epsg.org/):
Use of the Data
1. All data pertinent to a specific coordinate reference system must
be copied without modification and all related pages/records must be
included;
2. All components of this data set pertinent to any given coordinate
reference system must be distributed together (complete distribution
of all components of the data set is preferred, but the OGP
recognises the need for a more limited distribution);
3. The data may not be distributed for profit by any third party; and
4. The original source [OGP] must be acknowledged.
The user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and the use of this
data. The data may be copied and distributed subject to the following
conditions:
INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
With regard to (3) above, the data may be included within proprietary
applications distributed on a commercial basis when the commerciality is
based on application functionality and not on a value ascribed to the
freely-distributed EPSG dataset.
These conditions are currently under review.
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Francesco P. Lovergine
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